Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-01
DAILY HERALD.
Mr.. COLOROw's ODD TRAITS.
Hiu Nye Finds Him Impulsive in
the Matter Of Homicide.

Bin Nye Finds Him Impulsfve In
the Matter Of Homicide.
The recent ruction on the part O
William H. Colorow, Duke of Raw
hide Buttes and heir presumptiye to the
throne of Yellow Jacket Park, brings
the Indian once more to our notice
and teaches us that eternal vigilance
is the price of land on the Govern
ment frontier.
Signor Colorow is Of Indian parent
age and his lineage, such as it is, il
very strong. His ancestors ran bach
as far as the early dawn of the Christ
ian era. They claimed the land ex.
tending in a southerly direction from
the North Pole, and seemed to ignore
the fact that it bad been sold for taxes
The Indian has always been in favor
of representation without taxation
and Colorow has believed in com.
munity of grub, allowing the white
man to retain a controlling interest in
common, wet-browed toll. He has
always been willing to divide his
bread with the paleface. He has
offered, time and again, to give the
white man the bread that was sweet
ened with honest sweat, while he
took his plain. He says that to
prefer bread that tastes of pers-
piration shows a depraved taste
Colorow has for years been terror
to the people OF Northwestern Colorado,
Eastern Utah and Southern Wyom-
ing. Every spring it used to be his
custom to stroll into North Park and
prospect for prospectors. Once he
came to call on me. He had been
there longer than l had, and so, OF
course, it was nothing more tnan eti-
quette that he should call on me.
He seemed to enjoy his call very
much. 1 could not think of anything
to say, though generally am Of bright
and happy disposition. After 1 had
asked him how his mother vas, !
could not think of anything to interest
him. Finally I thought of Captain
John Smith and how he amused a
hostile band by showing them his
compass and new suspenders. l had
no compass, but l had a new watch
which l carried in a buckskin watch.
pocket, and thought l would show
him the sweep-second and fy-back
and let him see the wheels go round.
When Colorow is captured, if the
United States of America has no use
for that watch, would be glad to have
it returned to me at No. 80 Park Row,
New York.
COlorow is man of few words. !
will never forget what he said to me
when he went away. He held up two
fingers and said in voice that did moi
seem to waver.
"Mebbe so, two sleeps more, you
git out"
sometimes think that when mar
says very little we are more apt tC
take an interest in what he says. Il
was so in his case. l got to thinking
over his remark after he had gone
and decided to accept Of his gener
GUS offer.
He had given me two sleeps; but
do not require much sleep anyway
and when l got to thinking abou
Colorow and his restless mannel
while he was my guest | could no
sleep SO well as l had formerly, anC
so l have been doing the most of my
sleeping since that in more thickly
settled country. remember that
was SO restless that last night that
walked feverishly about. l walked
feverishly about twenty-five miles,
judge, in northerly direction.
| left small but growing min,
there at that time in charge OF tn
Utes, and hope they used it tjudiciously
The Ute nation is divided into tw
sections-viz., the Southern Utes, VIII,
have been pretty generally friendly
and the Northern or White Rive
Utes, who break out into fits of emo
tional insanity whenever their ponie
get their bellies full Of grass.
My policy-one which, l regret t,
say, has never been adopted by tn,
governments to hire a sufficien
number of armed herders to take thu
entire grand remnant sale of Indial
tribes out on the plains and watcl
them all summer, rounding them III
and counting them every morning AM
evening to see that they are all there
Through the day they might be KEEP
busy pulling up the "pizen-week
which grows all over the grazin
grounds of the west, and thus the,
would get plenty OF fresh air and a
the same time do good in modes
way. But this scheme for "Utelizing
the Utes is hundred years ahead G
the age, and so 1 do dot expect that
will meet with the Endorsement of
sluggish administration.
There are, however, two sides to tn
Indian question, viz, a right and
wrong side. That is why the India
question wears so well.
One of the great wrongs incident t
the matter is the great delay in off
cially reaching the War Department
in such a way as to attract the eye c
the Speaker. By the time courie
can get into telegraph station an
wire the Governor of State, VIII
notifies the Adjutant- General to writ
a dictated letter with his trenchan
typewriter, apprising the Commando
Of the Department, who is at Cone,
Island orCarlsbad, with no typewrite
nearer than fifteen miles, who wire
the Governor to make active inquire
about the matter, and by the time tn,
Governor has sent committee, VIII,
go to within fifty miles of the scene o
hostilities, and return at the end o
six weeks to report that they do no
know whether there has been an out
break or not, and then when ranch
man is really killed and reputable
eye-witnesses who were PERSONAL,
acquainted with deceased, and viii
swear that they have no interest il
the result of the outbreak, come il
and make written and grammatical
request for troops, and the War De
partment gets thoroughly rested, tn
Indians have gone home, washed tn
gore off their hands and resume
their quiet, humdrum life. Like try
ing to treat man in Liverpool fc
softening of the brain by applying tn
mind cure Dar cable from New Yorl